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Reduce cold air through receptacles John61 11-22-2007
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Posted by John61 on November 22, 2007, 10:54 am
My house is 40 years old. I have sealed all cracks on stucco walls and
around windows etc. In winter, still lot of cold air comes in through
electric receptacles inside exterior walls. Is there a common way to heat
insulate them? Due to possible shock hazard, I don't want to just touch them
before getting some advice.

Thanks,

John



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Posted by dpb on November 22, 2007, 12:04 pm
John61 wrote:
> My house is 40 years old. I have sealed all cracks on stucco walls and
> around windows etc. In winter, still lot of cold air comes in through
> electric receptacles inside exterior walls. Is there a common way to heat
> insulate them? Due to possible shock hazard, I don't want to just touch them
> before getting some advice.

Sure -- depending, you can use some of the expanding foam around the
outside of the box (careful to don't use too much and blow out a wall
when it expands in a closed space), use some fiberglass or other
insulation to push in the gaps, etc., or/and go buy the little foam
covers that have cutouts for outlets, switches, etc., that will fit
behind the cover plates.

--


Posted by Joseph Meehan on November 22, 2007, 1:01 pm
I recommend the pre-cut foam gaskets that you can buy at the DIY stores.
You only need a screw driver and a few minutes to take car of it. You don't
see them and they do a good job.

> My house is 40 years old. I have sealed all cracks on stucco walls and
> around windows etc. In winter, still lot of cold air comes in through
> electric receptacles inside exterior walls. Is there a common way to heat
> insulate them? Due to possible shock hazard, I don't want to just touch
> them before getting some advice.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>


--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit




Posted by Mark Lloyd on November 22, 2007, 6:11 pm
wrote:

>My house is 40 years old. I have sealed all cracks on stucco walls and
>around windows etc. In winter, still lot of cold air comes in through
>electric receptacles inside exterior walls. Is there a common way to heat
>insulate them? Due to possible shock hazard, I don't want to just touch them
>before getting some advice.
>
>Thanks,
>
>John
>


My parents had trouble with the cold. They used these "fake plugs"
that were supposed to keep babies from sticking things in.
--
33 days until the winter solstice celebration

Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"I have found Christian dogma unintelligable. Early
in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies."
-- Benjamin Franklin

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